About Tonya
Tonya Walker is a licensed mental health professional who practices in New Mexico. She holds an MA in Counseling from the University of New Mexico and brings ten years of experience to her work. Tonya uses a straightforward, person-focused style that aims to help people find what works for them.
She commonly supports people managing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship concerns, and ADHD. Tonya draws on client-centered ideas to make sessions feel collaborative and respectful.
Background and approach
She listens for each person's goals and offers practical tools to try between sessions. When past hurts are a focus, she brings trauma-focused techniques to help people process difficult memories and reactions. Her experience includes supporting survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence, people affected by post-traumatic stress, and those navigating multicultural or immigration-related stresses.
Tonya also works with people dealing with self-esteem, sleeping problems, career strain, and intimacy or family-of-origin issues. She is licensed as an LPCC in New Mexico and as an LMHP in Nebraska. Her background also includes a BA in Psychology and Russian from the University of Oregon.
Tonya’s style is warm and direct; she helps people set clear goals and practice new habits. Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients. Practical concerns such as scheduling, subscription-based session payment, and available session formats are discussed when someone begins the matching process.
How her approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and tailoring the work to each person's goals. In practice this means sessions begin with the therapist asking what matters most and shaping tools to fit the person's life. It helps with common concerns like anxiety, depression, relationship stress, and self-esteem struggles.Trauma-Focused Therapy targets responses that developed after harm or frightening events. It involves careful pacing, grounding skills, and guided processing to reduce the intensity of distressing memories and their effects on daily life. This approach is often used when trauma or post-traumatic stress is a central issue.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative step. Tonya will work with the person to decide which methods match their goals, comfort level, and life routine. She adapts techniques over time based on what helps the client make steady progress.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video is useful when visual connection matters, phone calls can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or chat can suit brief check-ins or those who prefer not to be on camera. These options make it easier to keep regular contact and try new strategies between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Nebraska, New Mexico
- Languages
- English
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